Selasa, 27 November 2012

Our previous post featured a tattoo I spotted on Cristine at the Mermaid Parade back in June. Cristine's brother Rocco was also in attendance, and he was kind enough to share this piece on his inner left arm:Rocco credited this to Grez at Kings Avenue Tattoo. He did this out on Long Island in the Massapequa shop, but now works out of their Manhattan...

Minggu, 25 November 2012

from: Brian T. to: "tiangotlost@gmail.com" date: Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 2:27 PM subject: Trust in God Tattoo? My brother in law thinks this says "trust in God". Can you confirm this? Thanks  神 typically is used to describe deity, not necessarily the Judea-Christian sense of "God", which is 上帝.信用 is not "trust", rather creditworthiness...
Back in June, I met Cristine out on Coney Island, during the Mermaid Parade.She shared this tattoo:Christine is a big fan of the band 311, so this was her tribute to the band she loves. Here's a closer look:This was done by Miss D'Jo at Lark Tattoo in Westbury, New York. We've been lucky enough to have shared work by Miss D'Jo previously on Tattoosday...

Sabtu, 24 November 2012

Off course this brooch is designed along the early medieval nortern european styles, 925 Sterling silver solid, more informations at : faust.jewellery@gmx....
The first set of the Samhain shots by Christina, much more body art photography here: h2fotografie.blogspot....

Jumat, 23 November 2012

It has been a little while since we checked in with the good people at Vice and enjoyed one of their Tattoo Age documentaries. Earlier this week, they dropped the first part of their five(!)-part series on Thom DeVita.Check it out here: Before this segment was released, the good folks over at Vice gave us a little bonus footage from their Valerie Vargas episodes, which appeared earlier this fall....

Kamis, 22 November 2012

This pendant sows Thor´s last battle at Ragnarök, Thor hits the Midgardserpent on the head and it bites him in her last gasp, so they both die.More information: faust.jewellery@gmx....
I wrote the story before :) Just wanted to show the different versions of that beautiful piece, big silver for the boys, small silver for the girls and the big bronze for...More information : faust.jewellery@gmx....
Here is the look at the hand shoot of the homie Johnny Rac...
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Rabu, 21 November 2012

 Information about jewellery: faust.jewellery@gmx.netsketch for the pendantThis Pendant shows the death of Bonifatius, the Missionar, that brought Christianity to the frankish empire with the desecration of the sacred pagan places, he cut down Donar´s Oak, the central holy tree and was killed by heathen people in Dokkum 754. History...
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As many people, also this man wished to have some power animals on his skin.The rune inscript says STRENGHT and we can see a stingray, a bear and a rhino, all interwoven on his arm, he says, his kids love the bear mo...
Here we have another man on a quest, that travelled all the way from the north of sweden to get the wished symbols on his skin.What we see here is the tree of life with Hugin and Munin woven in the so called Vendel style in the branches, the leaves are in speartip shape, a hommage to the highest god, Odin.Furthermore is Lokis mask in the trunk, the...
A nordic dragonsnake, among the small ones a big one, among the big ones a small one, the tree of life is made by Colin Dale, the Thor Hammer by Erik Rei...
 nice and simple, some butterflies, symbol for air and transformation... ...detail of a big dragon, the foot...
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Senin, 19 November 2012

from: JKto: "tiangotlost@gmail.com"date: Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:09 PMsubject: Tattoo meaning if any?I got this tattoo 17 years ago in NYC. Tattoos were not totally legal in the city yet and I was underage. Internet was not in full swing either. The tattoos were supposed to have read, "Strength and Courage." I'm sure they don't. LoL! If you could tell...

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Kamis, 15 November 2012

I met Shana on the subway back in June. She shared this tattoo:Shana explained that this is a navel orange from a botanical etching dating back to the 1700's. He explained that he found the illustration in a botanical text book.Shana further elaborated by explaining that she associates oranges with times that she felt calm and safe and that, among...

Rabu, 14 November 2012

I have been working really hard in and out of the shop lately and put my blog to the side for a minute...But here I am, and ready to keep you guys posted with some new work and other goodies that I think you will enjoy. Here is a progress report into my man James's sleeve. I Hope you guys enjoy to see it as much i enjoyed doing it. Thanks for the love...
Back in August, I met Sarah on the West 4th Street subway platform in Manhattan.Sarah had eight tattoos at the time of our encounter, and she was kind enough to share this one, on her right thigh:Sarah told me that she drew this up herself and that a freelance artist in Vermont named Jonas Fricke tattooed her.Thanks to Sarah for sharing this cool tattoo,...

Selasa, 13 November 2012

I met Sean back in June at the 5th Avenue Street Fair in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.My wife, Melanie, had been wanting me to meet him, as he is the husband of a co-worker. He has a dozen tattoos and shared this, which has extra special meaning:The tattoo on his ribs commemorates how Sean proposed to his wife Linda.Sean explained, "I tied a ring with a ribbon...

Minggu, 11 November 2012

Happy Birthday, Mr. Vonnegut! Social media reminds me that today would be Kurt Vonnegut's 90th birthday. It's also Veteran's Day and, since Vonnegut wrote one of the great war novels of all time, Slaughterhouse Five, it seemed appropriate to re-post this classic Vonnegut tattoo. You can see all of the Vonnegut tattoos that have appeared on...
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